SKUSE'S COMPLETE CONFECTIONER: A Practical Guide to the Art of Sugar Boiling in All Its Branches
London: W.J. Bush & Co., Ltd., circa 1890. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. Victorian-era manual detailing the industrial and artisanal art of sugar boiling, chocolate making, and preserving. Also covers the manufacture fondants, creams, pastilles, jujubes, comfits, lozenges (plain and medicated), caramels, noyeaus, nougats, pralines, etc. Octavo: [1, ads], [1], [9, ads], 222 pp. with textual illustrations. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titling, and black-stamped borders and ornaments. Light rubbing to the corners and tips, with a faint stain to the front panel; else crisp, bright, and very good. Very good. Item #80519
Price: $85.00